Space
- Publisher: Popular Science
- Editor: Marina Galperina
- Published: April 6, 2024
From my Archive collection on Pop Sci
Even a century ago, astronomers went to great lengths not be foiled by clouds.
“What can the astronomer do, when, just as the moon is about to obscure the sun during a total eclipse, a cloud intervenes?” Popular Science posed such a dilemma to its readers in a 1919 solar eclipse story. “Pack up and go home” was the answer for the average eclipse viewer. But even in 1919 extreme eclipse chasers had contingency plans...
In 1919, one eclipse chaser wanted to mount a telescope on a seaplane
Many thanks to Marina Galperina, Popular Science Managing Editor.
